(19)
(11) EP 0 868 893 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/41

(21) Application number: 98105742.5

(22) Date of filing: 30.03.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 7/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 31.03.1997 JP 7946897
11.12.1997 JP 34112897
04.03.1998 JP 5172998

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hanada, Touru
    Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo-ken 665 (JP)
  • Yoshida, Kiyonobu
    Ikoma-shi, Nara-ken 630-0241 (JP)
  • Nakai, Kouji
    Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken 640 (JP)
  • Kimura, Shigehiro
    Ikoma-shi, Nara-ken 630-0141 (JP)
  • Yabuuchi, Hidetaka
    Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo-ken 665 (JP)
  • Kusaka, Takaaki
    Akashi-shi, Hyogo-ken 673 (JP)

(74) Representative: Leson, Thomas Johannes Alois, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwälte Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner, Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Portable warmer suitable for a body


(57) A fuel tank (1) stores fuel gas. A catalytic burning section (2) is connected to the fuel tank for generating heat based on an oxidative reaction between the fuel supplied from the fuel tank and air. The fuel tank (1) and the catalytic burning section (2) are assembled as a catalytic heat generating apparatus (32). The catalytic heat generating apparatus (32) is detachably installed in a housing (9) of a heater section (7). The heater section (7) has both ends provided with a pair of belt portions (8) wound around a user's body.






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